Saying Goodbye and Stop #1- Denver 521 Miles

Well we are off!  We left the MTC and stopped at Bel Aire to say goodbye to my mom.  That was pretty tender! Then we met to of our kids and their families for dinner and that was so fun, but after had to say goodbye to Heather, Scott, Kage and Drayden, more tears!  Then Saturday morning we finished our final packing and said goodbye to Laurel, Bret, Melia and Cohen, and yes more tears!  Aggie even tried to get into the car to come with us, and we had to say goodbye to her!  

We drove to Price where we had a delightful picnic with Gregg, Kimma, Callie and Sam who could not join us last night and were on their way to Colorado as well, and then after a tender goodbye with them, we dried our tears and headed east. 

We met a very cute lady in Grand Junction whose parents were called to the Columbus Ohio Mission and then assigned to Kirtland, so we will look them up when we pass through there. We hit snow at the Vail Summit near Copper Mountain and were shocked by the 31 degree temperature!  
We had a fun dinner at Pappadeaux and then got into our hotel exhausted!   

We are so excited to see the country on our way to Ohio! 

We feel so blessed to have this opportunity to serve a mission!!